Overkill Ventures is a Nordics based angel fund that invests in pre-seed b2b tech startups across CEE and Nordics. We invest as early as angel investors do, however, have the resources, know-how and network to help startups get to product-market fit and scale from there.
Location: Latvia, Vidzeme, Riga
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 35
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 24.08.2021 | Acertivo | acertivo.com | - | Romania, B... |
| 27.07.2021 | Xheero | sharedcompliance.org | - | Latvia |
| 22.07.2021 | Retellect | retellect.com | - | Lithuania |
| 06.07.2021 | Unagi Medi... | unagi.media | - | Latvia |
| 29.06.2021 | MediNav | medinav.eu | $271.31K | Romania |
| 10.06.2021 | Hyperjob | hyperjob.io | $475.07K | Latvia |
| 04.06.2021 | Skin Bliss... | getskinbliss.com | - | Poland |
| 01.06.2021 | Finamba | finamba.com | - | Latvia |
| 21.05.2021 | Hetki.ai | hetki.ai | - | Finland, M... |
| 19.05.2021 | Fixtender | fixtender.com | - | Latvia |
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News 13
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.11.2020 | Why most European startup accelerators are dead, but a few will define the future of acceleration | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace In 2005, four individuals became legends. They are Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, Trevor Blackwell and Robert Morris. That year they founded Y Combinator. It was the first s... |
| 28.09.2020 | The true reason startups fail, and how to avoid it | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace In 2006, two different startups set sail to change ticketing for events. One became a global leader. The other failed miserably. I know because I was the founder of one of the... |
| 28.09.2020 | What innovation really is and why it matters for startup success | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Some words are used so much that we forget to ask what they mean. One of these words is 'innovation'. But what is innovation in the context of startups? What do we mean when w... |
| 28.09.2020 | Why we chop onions with knives and why it matters to startup founders | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Consider the problem of common onions. Most people face these bulbs daily because common onions are part of most dishes. The problem is that they are tricky to cut into the ne... |
| 28.09.2020 | Why time is not money, and how founders should spend their time | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Some say time is money. It is not. Money is time. And when startup founders run out of money, they run out of time. Time is Opportunity. And startups are defined by Opportuni... |
| 27.05.2020 | Why the best founders feel unsuccessful | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Many startups look successful, but this post will tell you how most founder really feel. It will tell you how humans are different from other animals, and why this difference ... |
| 20.05.2020 | The best startup advice you have never heard | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Startup advice is everywhere. This is not one of them. A story goes like this: In 1963, Martin Luther King was attacked by a white supremacist while preaching at the 16th Str... |
| 12.05.2020 | The Art of Startup | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace 2500 years ago, a true polymath authored a book so powerful that it made emperors, kings, and generals. When I first read the Art of War by Sun Tzu in my youth, I set a goal.... |
| 06.05.2020 | Why founders should never build the one-stop-shop | By David Ventzel, Partner at Overkill Ventures and Accelerace Are you okay? The founder was reacting to my painful facial expression. The pain I felt wasn’t physical, but it was real, nonetheless. The unpleasant sensation stemmed from a ... |
| 16.03.2020 | COVID-19 Update | Whilst it seems as if we are heading into uncertain times, Overkill would like to reassure everyone that our work has not stopped and we are here for every startup and ecosystem player. Although our office chairs have been swapped for comf... |
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Mentions in press and media 16
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.10.2023 | Estonian real-time soil insights startup Paul-Tech bags €1.4M to sow seeds in the UK market | Tallinn-based agritech startup Paul-Tech gives farmers and land managers real-time insights to improve their soil management. The Estonian company has just raised a €1.4 million Seed round which will see it advance its product offering and ... |
| 10.10.2023 | Estonian agritech startup Paul-Tech raises €1.4M | Estonian agritech startup Paul-Tech raises €1.4M 10 October, 2023, 14:25 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Tallinn-based agritech startup Paul-Tech that gives farmer... |
| 02.06.2023 | Акселераторы и инкубаторы Восточной/Центральной Европы | 0 Обсудить 22 просмотров Dsight подготовили cамый полный список акселераторов и инкубаторов по всей Восточной и Центральной Европе. Оглавление по странам: Румыния Польша Латвия Эстония Литва Чехия Словакия Венгрия Болгария Сербия Хорватия Е... |
| 12.05.2023 | Latvian agritech WeedBot raises €425k in a round led by Overkill Ventures | Latvian agritech WeedBot raises €425k in a round led by Overkill Ventures 12 May, 2023, 14:56 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Riga-based laser weeding techn... |
| 27.12.2022 | Romanian MedTech startup MediNav receives €250,000 | Romanian MedTech startup MediNav receives €250,000 27 December, 2022, 10:20 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> The Timisoara-based MediNav which provides AI-powered m... |
| 08.10.2021 | Investments double in Latvia-based smart materials and photonics companies | Investments double in Latvia-based smart materials and photonics companies Fri, Oct 08, 2021 10:00 CET Latvia's smart materials and photonics industry has been punching above its weight on the global stage and shows no signs of slowing, see... |
| 06.08.2021 | 1.8 Million Euros Still Available for Pre-Seed Funding in Accelerators | To date, 95 startups have received funding and acceleration services in the Altum accelerator programme. Pre-seed and seed funds together with attracted independent investors have invested 5.34 million euros in startups. Ten startups have a... |
| 21.12.2020 | Top VC Funds In Latvia To Finance Your Startup | Central and Eastern Europe have become perceived as the hottest startup hub in Europe attracting both local and global investors which results in a huge increase in new accelerators, VC funds, and availability of early-stage funding in this... |
| 18.08.2020 | Accelerators in CIS Numbers and Facts Post-”Soviet” accelerators What shall we expect from the Eastern Europe | Accelerators in CIS |
| 18.08.2020 | Акселераторы СНГ | Акселераторы СНГ |
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